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... religion and even refer to ritual as the special language of religion , since the ultimate mysteries , cosmic and divine , that the high religions confront can only be obscured and mocked by words . But ritual pervades life : any act ...
... religion and even refer to ritual as the special language of religion , since the ultimate mysteries , cosmic and divine , that the high religions confront can only be obscured and mocked by words . But ritual pervades life : any act ...
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Lewis Mumford. play a part in Egyptian religion , but in far Siberia engravings have been found on a stone block ... religious myth , she is bodied forth as a powerful figure , attended by lions , as the vengeful fury , the destroyer ...
Lewis Mumford. play a part in Egyptian religion , but in far Siberia engravings have been found on a stone block ... religious myth , she is bodied forth as a powerful figure , attended by lions , as the vengeful fury , the destroyer ...
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... Religion , 69 ; as outgrowth of ritual , 62 Religions , Axial , 256 ; ' Mother Goddess , ' [ 4 ] ; sky - oriented , 174 , 204 Religious congregations , as new source of au- thority , 232 Religious transformation , 167 ' Remnants , ' 131 ...
... Religion , 69 ; as outgrowth of ritual , 62 Religions , Axial , 256 ; ' Mother Goddess , ' [ 4 ] ; sky - oriented , 174 , 204 Religious congregations , as new source of au- thority , 232 Religious transformation , 167 ' Remnants , ' 131 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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